Health Policy

September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic

Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.

Use of the Integrated Health Interview Series

March 30, 2012 | Journal Article

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has collected annual data on Americans since 1957 but multiyear analysis of the data has been problematic. This paper examines the recent Integrated Health Interview Series, which provides online access to ...

Nurse Researcher Bemoans End of National Survey on Nursing Workforce

July 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

HCB: The Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) are working together to create a minimum data set (MDS) on the supply of the nurse workforce. Will that project help to compensate for the ...

Health Tracking

March 19, 2012 | Program Result

Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.

Data and Methods to Facilitate Delivery System Reform

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Balancing Access to Health Data and Privacy

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This article examines issues of privacy and utility in health services research. While the availability and complexity of data have increased in recent years, privacy concerns have limited researchers’ ability to fully utilize these sources of information.

Health Services Research and Data Linkages

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

In the U.S., related sets of health data are often kept in separate agencies. This guide to linking data sets presents successful examples from cancer research. Linked data systems lower research costs and avoid duplicating data within a given study.

West Virginia Assesses 85 Health Databases, Recommends Changes

May 1, 1999 | Program Result

During 1992 and 1993, the West Virginia's Information for State Health Policy (InfoSHP) project brought together a State Health Policy Task Force that met monthly and continues to meet quarterly.

Systematic Update of Computerized Physician Order Entry Order Sets to Improve Quality of Care

March 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Physician order sets require rigorous review and maintenance to ensure quality of care and safety.

In Collecting Data on the Uninsured, States Find that One Size Doesn't Fit All

August 1, 2001 | Program Result

During 1999 and 2000, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health conducted a study to determine what data was available to states for tracking the status of people without health insurance.

State of Arkansas Collects, Disseminates New Health Data

May 1, 1999 | Program Result

From 1992 to 1997, the Arkansas Health Resources Commission (formerly the Arkansas Interagency Working Group or IWG) and the Governor's Task Force on Health Care Reform identified health information key to health care reform in the state.